Second Voyage: Flotilla of seventeen vessels--Island of Ferro-- Dominica--Marie-Galante--Guadaloupe--The Cannibals--Montserrat-- Santa-Maria-la-Rodonda--St. Martin and Santa Cruz--Archipelago of the Eleven Thousand Virgins--The island of St. John Baptist, or Porto Rico--Hispaniola--The first Colonists massacred--Foundation of the town of Isabella--Twelve ships laden with treasure sent to Spain--Fort St. Thomas built in the Province of Cibao--Don Diego, Columbus' brother, named Governor of the Island--Jamaica--The Coast of Cuba--The Remora--Return to Isabella--The Cacique made prisoner-- Revolt of the Natives--Famine--Columbus traduced in Spain--Juan Aguado sent as Commissary to Isabella--Gold-mines--Departure of Columbus--His arrival at Cadiz. The narrative of the adventures of the great Genoese navigator had over-excited the minds of the hearers. Imagination already caught glimpses of golden continents situated beyond the seas. All the passions which are engendered by cupidity were seething in the people's hearts. The admiral, under pressure of public opinion, must set forth again with the most brief delay. He was himself also, eager to return to the theatre of his conquests, and to yet enrich the maps of the day with more new discoveries. He declared himself, therefore, ready to start. The king and queen placed at his disposal a flotilla composed of three large ships and fourteen caravels. Twelve hundred men were to sail in them. Several Castilian nobles, with firm faith in the lucky star of Columbus, decided to try their fortune with him beyond seas. In the holds of the vessels were horses, cattle, instruments of all kinds for collecting and purifying gold, grain of various kinds; in a word, everything that might be needful in the establishing an important colony. Of the ten natives brought to Europe, five returned to their country, three, who were ill, remained behind in Europe, the other two were dead. Columbus was named captain-general of the squadron, with unlimited powers.